10 Ways to a Geeky Girl’s Heart
Conventional romantic overtures won’t always work with nerdy girls. Try being creative. Your efforts are more likely to have an effect.
Continue ReadingConventional romantic overtures won’t always work with nerdy girls. Try being creative. Your efforts are more likely to have an effect.
Continue Reading‘Finding Your Ruby Slippers’ is therapy from the comfort of your own couch.
Continue ReadingThe time has finally come to wrap up the Planning My Geeky-Queer Wedding series with lessons learned, and the miscellaneous extra touches not mentioned in previous posts.
Continue ReadingValentine’s Day can make anyone not in a couple feel somewhat left out, so instead, let’s look at some of the best NON-romantic relationships in fiction.
Continue ReadingAn interview with the creators of The Cute Girl Network, a new romantic comedy graphic novel. Skater chic Jane has to choose between her new boyfriend Jack, and the terrible stories of The Cute Girl Network.
Continue ReadingAndrew and I didn’t feel right accepting physical goods that we could purchase for ourselves. So, we reached a compromise.
Continue ReadingWe had the wedding and reception at a beautiful Tutor-style mansion bed and breakfast called The Quamichan Inn.
Continue ReadingThere are many differences between marriages in the United States and Canada. I explored some of these differences in an earlier post about the ceremony. The change of last name after marriage is another one of those differences.
Continue ReadingWith just over three months until the big day, and with GeekMom moving to a new home, I thought now would be an excellent time to reintroduce my geeky-queer wedding planning series to existing GeekMom readers, while giving new readers an opportunity to easily catch-up with the series.
Continue ReadingWhile some may argue that Valentine’s Day is nothing more than an excuse to support the greeting card and floral industries, I really thing it’s a great idea to have a day set aside for making sure you take a …
Continue ReadingFollow along as Jenny navigates a world of love and mental illness.
Continue ReadingWhen planning our geeky-queer wedding, Andrew and I had to make up a lot of things along the way, while balancing some of the traditional aspects that we find appealing. Sometimes, creating a new guide for our circumstances has been a little difficult. Other times, it was as easy as figuring out what aspects we really do not like in traditional weddings, and simply eliminating them; sometimes replacing them with our own special touches. The reception is another one of those situations where the end result is due to a process of elimination and supplementation, balanced with a couple traditional elements.
Continue ReadingIn this latest geeky-queer wedding post, we will explore the ceremony, including vows and legalities; the type of ceremony we will be having; and the process of going through a legal name change, and the reasons behind that need.
Continue ReadingWhen you are planning a wedding, tradition and etiquette will tell you there are many things you must do. You must select a wedding party. Traditionally, there are also rules about whom you should choose. Traditionally, the parents of the individuals getting married must assume certain responsibilities. The guests are also seen to have specific roles within the whole affair. But, what if both parties have already been once married and divorced? What if one of those individuals is a trans man? What if the people getting married have different cultural backgrounds? What if a geeky element is being added? These questions are only a small fraction of things Andrew and I had to sort out as we began to plan our geeky-queer wedding.
Continue ReadingOn October 20, 2012, Lana Wachowski did an amazing and brave thing. She gave a speech at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual gala dinner about her own struggles with what it is like to be transgender.
Continue ReadingThe most difficult decision Andrew and I faced when planning our wedding was answering the question, “What are we going to wear?”
Continue ReadingWe may have made our way to each other by some other means, but Star Trek: The Next Generation made it very easy for us to find an excuse to truly talk with each other. It provided the path to boldly go into the next phase of our journey together — Marriage: the final frontier.
Continue ReadingSo, who did the proposing and how? The answer is no-one. In fact, had he proposed, automatically my answer would have been, “No.” You now may be wondering, “Wait, so how are you engaged?” You may also be curious as to why I would have said no, had he asked. The answer to these questions, and more, is very long and complicated.
Continue ReadingMy partner and I have been learning many things as we begin this next chapter in our lives, and have begun planning our geeky-queer wedding.
Continue ReadingAfter marriage your well-being dips and after divorce it rises; after childbirth, relationship satisfaction is permanently below its pre-birth level -– so says a meta-analysis of 2,159 studies, published this week in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Sound …
Continue ReadingNerds are different from the general population. We know this, because we live this. Many of us have tales of woe, how being nerdy has caused problems getting dates, or communicating with a significant other. But we nerds are special. …
Continue ReadingNerds are different from the general population. We know this, because we live this. Many of us have tales of woe, how being nerdy has caused problems getting dates, or communicating with a significant other. But we nerds are special. Our unique qualities should be celebrated by those who love us. Jules Sherred, of GeekMom […]
Continue ReadingWhile some may argue that Valentine’s Day is nothing more than an excuse to support the greeting card and floral industries, I really thing it’s a great idea to have a day set aside for making sure you take a …
Continue ReadingFather and son Halo fans get to visit 343 Industries (the current Halo developer), and relive a decade of FPS family fun.
Continue ReadingChallenges and obstacles are a normal part of life. We all encounter them. How we deal with those challenges and obstacles can say a lot about the people we are. Some people are able to tackle those problems head-on, without any apparent fear or hesitation. Other people appear to retreat, even if briefly, before they […]
Continue ReadingAlyssa, girl to girl, let’s talk. You went on what is essentially an Internet-facilitated, near-blind date. You say everybody’s doing it, and you admit you’ve heard of some pretty crazy horror stories. So have I. But you know what? Yours doesn’t measure up. Not even a little. Let me summarize what happened. You went on […]
Continue ReadingAlyssa, girl to girl, let’s talk. You went on what is essentially an Internet-facilitated, near-blind date. You say everybody’s doing it, and you admit you’ve heard of some pretty crazy horror stories. So have I. But you know what? Yours …
Continue ReadingI don’t usually troll Yahoo! for inspiration, but when I saw this post about men dressing their wives I had to click. While not all geek women share my love of fashion, I can safely say that my amazing husband just simply has no clue. At this point in our relationship he’s just learned to […]
Continue Reading(You may not think this a geeky topic, but we’ve all experienced relationships, so the theme of making relationships work is pretty universal.) Lynn Rasmussen, the same person who helped to bring us the math apps Arithmaroo, MathGirl Number Garden, and MathGirl Addition House, has written a book called Men Are Easy. It’s not what […]
Continue ReadingI consider myself to be happily married. Even so, there’s been a time or two I would have liked to throttle my husband (and in fairness, he’s probably felt the same about me). Author Alisa Bowman took her marriage difficulties a step further: She actually planned her husband’s funeral. Hoped for it, even. Things were […]
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